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Statistical Bulletin CrJ/2005/4: Criminal Justice Series: CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2003: page 4

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CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2003

Persons with a charge proved by type of court, 1994-2003

Table 3
Number

Type of court

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

All court types 1

159,178

156,707

153,087

150,508

139,877

127,560

118,152

120,325

125,029

130,606

High court 2,3

964

1,096

1,099

1,120

1,049

1,176

1,105

1,114

994

990

Sheriff solemn

3,201

2,900

3,167

3,052

2,985

3,152

3,044

3,262

3,361

3,804

Sheriff summary

81,077

81,702

82,271

80,280

75,618

71,378

67,894

72,715

78,929

79,066

District court 4

63,784

61,336

57,672

57,260

53,217

45,890

41,844

38,382

41,745

46,742

Stipendiary magistrate court 4

10,146

9,670

8,878

8,794

7,008

5,963

4,265

4,846

Per cent

Type of court

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

All court types 1

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

High court 2,3

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Sheriff solemn

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

Sheriff summary

51

52

54

53

54

56

57

60

63

61

District court 4

40

39

38

38

38

36

35

32

33

36

Stipendiary magistrate court 4

6

6

6

6

5

5

4

4

Index: 1994=100

Type of court

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

All court types 1

100

98

96

95

88

80

74

76

79

82

High court 2,3

100

114

114

116

109

122

115

116

103

103

Sheriff solemn

100

91

99

95

93

98

95

102

105

119

Sheriff summary

100

101

101

99

93

88

84

90

97

98

District court 4

100

96

90

90

83

72

66

60

56

63

Stipendiary magistrate court 4

100

95

88

87

69

59

42

48

1 Includes court type unknown.
2 Includes cases remitted to the High court from the Sheriff court.
3 Revised data for 1998-2002. Figures for 2002 and 2003 may be underestimates due to late recording of disposals on SCRO.
4 Cases in the Glasgow district and stipendiary magistrates courts are not generally identifiable separately in the data for 2002 onwards.

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